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Falco Of Valence
Falco may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Falco'' (book series), historical novels by Lindsey Davies ** Marcus Didius Falco, central character of the book series * "Falco" (song), by Hitomi Shimatani * ''Falco'' (TV series) * Falco (Groove-On Fight character), a videogame character * Falco Lombardi, a videogame character *Falco Grice, a character from the anime series Attack on Titan Aviation * Fiat CR.42 Falco, Italian World War II biplane fighter aircraft * Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I, Italian World War II fighter aircraft * Selex ES Falco, an Italian tactical unmanned aerial vehicle * Sequoia Falco, an aerobatic aircraft People * Falco (surname), a list of people with the surname Falco or Falcó * Quintus Pompeius Falco (c. 70–after 140), ancient Roman senator, general and governor of Britannia * Falco of Maastricht (died 512), bishop of Maastricht * Oberto Airaudi (1950–2013), also known as "Falco", Italian philosopher and artist * Falco (musician), stage name of Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco (book Series)
Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical mystery, historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. She is a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award. Life and career Davis was born in Birmingham and after taking a degree in English literature at Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall), she became a civil servant for 13 years. When a romantic novel she had written was runner up for the 1985 ''Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize'', she decided to become a writer, at first writing romantic serials for the UK women's magazine ''Woman's Realm''. Her dedication of the book ''Rebels and Traitors'' (2009) reads: "For Richard / dearest and closest of friends / your favourite book / in memory", and the author's website relates: "I am still getting used to life without my dear Richard. For those of you who haven't seen this before, he died in October [2008]." The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintus Pompeius Falco
Quintus Pompeius Falco (c. 70after 140 AD) was a Roman senator and general of the early 2nd century AD. He was governor of several provinces, most notably Roman Britain, where he hosted a visit to the province by the Emperor Hadrian in the last year. Falco achieved the rank of suffect consul for the ''nundinium'' of September to December 108 with Marcus Titius Lustricus Bruttianus as his colleague. Name His complete name was Quintus Roscius Coelius Murena Silius Decianus Vibullius Pius Julius Eurycles Herculanus Pompeius Falco, an example of polyonymy. Werner Eck has shown that Falco was the son of Sextus Pompeius Falco and Clodia P.f. Falconilla who came from Sicily, as well as identifying a brother, Quintus Pompeius Pr scus The earliest inscriptions to mention him, dated to his governorship of Lower Moesia (115-118), use the name Quintus Roscius Murena Coelius Pompeius Falco, indicating that he was adopted (''condicio nominis ferendi'') by another Senator in hopes of preservin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco KC
Falco Kosárlabda Club, for sponsorship reasons named Falco Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely, is a Hungarian professional basketball club based in Szombathely. The team play their home games at Arena Savaria, a multi-use complex, which was opened in 2006. History Beginning and uprising The club was created in 1980, when basketball fanatics György Gráczer and István Németh with the support of the local wood industry Falco started to organize meetings and trainings. In that year the club entered the county level championship. In 1987, Falco decided to invest more money into the club and the success was immediate. By winning the championship in the 1987/88 season they won promotion to the second division. In the next year they did surprisingly well, finishing on the top in the regular season with only two losses, but failed in the play-offs final. A season later there was nothing what could prevent the yellow-blacks to lift the trophy in the final, and with that, after 27 years Szo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco Electronics
Falco Electronics is a multinational Mexican electronics corporation founded in 1991, in Mérida, Yucatán, México. The company sells products under its own name and also acts as an ODM, OEM An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces non-aftermarket parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer. It is a common industry term recognized and used by many professional or ... and ECM/EMS. Products and services Falco's main business activities are the design and manufacture of power magnetics, semiconductors and circuitboards. In addition the company designs and manufactures common mode chokes, current sensors, gate drives, power inductors, line transformers, THT inductors, watt hour meters, lighting systems, printed computer boards, mechanical assembly systems, and also provides plastic molding, metal stamping and electronic manufacturing, OEM design and testing services. Falco is a major supplier to internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco, Alabama
Falco, also spelled Falko, is an unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States. The community lies entirely within the Conecuh National Forest. History The community's name is an acronym for the Florida-Alabama Land Company, which harvested timber in the area. Falco was founded by members of the Florida-Alabama Land Company in 1903. The community was home to a large sawmill, the Falco Bank, Falco Bottling Company, a 40-room hotel, a grist mill and general stores. A two-story railroad depot sat near the logging railroads, which connected to the Central of Georgia and L&N lines. The town began to decline after a fire destroyed the saw mill in 1925. The mill was then moved to Willow, Florida. A post office operated under the name Falco from 1903 to 1955. Falco was photographed by John Collier Jr., who was working for the Farm Security Administration under Roy Stryker. Demographics Falco was listed as an incorporated community on the U.S. Census from 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco (bird)
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except List of birds of Antarctica, Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene. Adult falcons have thin, tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and change direction rapidly. Fledgling falcons, in their first year of flying, have longer flight feathers, which make their configuration more like that of a general-purpose bird such as a wikt:broadwing, broad wing. This makes flying easier while learning the exceptional skills required to be effective hunters as adults. The falcons are the largest genus in the Falconinae subfamily of Falconidae, which itself also includes another subfamily comprising Caracara (subfamily), caracaras and a few other species. All these birds kill with their beaks, using a Beak#Tomia, tomial "tooth" on the side of their beaks—unlike the hawks, eagles, and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Falkous
Andrew "Falco" Falkous (born 5 April 1975) is a Welsh musician best known for being the founding member/frontman for the Cardiff-based punk rock outfit Mclusky, current lead singer/guitarist of the band Future of the Left and the sole member of Christian Fitness. Music career Falco's professional musical career began in 1996 with the band Best. After a few line-up changes and release of a three-track single ''Huwuno'' on London-based label Seriously Groovy, Best changed its name to Mclusky in 1999. The line-up consisted of Falco fronting the band, serving as its main songwriter along with Mat Harding on drums and Jon Chapple on bass/backing vocals. Falco and Mclusky released its first album '' My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours'' in 2000 on the Fuzzbox imprint before drawing international attention with their critically praised second album ''Mclusky Do Dallas'' in 2002. Harding left the group in 2003 with Falco telling The Telegraph "It was due to differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco (musician)
Johann "Hans" Hölzel (; 19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian singer and musician. Falco had several international hits including " Der Kommissar" (1981), "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", " Jeanny", " The Sound of Musik", " Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", and posthumously " Out of the Dark". "Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' charts in 1986, making him the only artist in history whose principal language was German, to score a ''vocal'' number-one hit in the United States. According to his estate, he has sold 20 million albums and 40 million singles, which makes him the best-selling Austrian singer of all time. Also notable was his very early creation of a successful non-English language rap music song (''Der Kommissar''), recorded in December of 1981. Early years Johann Hölzel was born on 19 February 1957 to Alois Hölzel and Maria Hölzel in a working class district of Vienn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberto Airaudi
Oberto Airaudi (29 May 1950 – 24 June 2013) was an Italian philosopher and artist, who founded the Federation of Damanhur. Airaudi also went by the name of Falco (Hawk), based on the Damanhur practice of adopting animal names. He was born in Balangero, near Turin, Italy. In 1975, Airaudi and a group of about 25 other people founded the Federation of Damanhur, a New Age commune and eco-village. Beginning in 1978, Airaudi directed construction of the underground facility the Temples of Humankind. Initially in secret, the Temples became public knowledge in 1992, when a former member sued to regain his possessions from the group. Prior to founding the community, he had worked as an insurance agent. Airaudi died of liver cancer. References Sources * * Publications * ''Dying to Learn: First Book of the Initiate''. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by Laura M. George (Revised English Ed. 2012). The Oracle Institute: * ''Reborn to Live: Second Book of the Initiate''. Oberto Airaudi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco Of Maastricht
Saint Falco, sometimes: Falco of Maastricht or of Tongeren, (died 512) was according to tradition bishop of Maastricht from 495 until 512. He is also venerated as a Roman Catholic saint. In Medieval hagiography he is hardly noted. Yet, Falco is the first bishop of Maastricht, after Servatius, who is securely documented. He is mentioned in an undated letter sent by Saint Remigius, in which Remigius complains about Falco usurping certain rights in Mouzon. He allegedly attended the Council of Auvergne (535) and the Fifth Council of Orléans The Fifth Council of Orléans (28 October 549) assembled nine archbishops and forty-one bishops. Sacerdos of Lyon presided over this council. The presence of these bishops indicates both the wide spread of Christianity in Gaul by the sixth century, ....Christian Settipani, ''Les ancêtres de Charlemagne'' (1989) His feast day is February 20, which he shares with Eucharius I, traditionally his predecessor as bishop of Maastricht. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco (surname)
Falco or Falcó is the surname of: * Albert Falco (1927–2012), diving companion of Jacques Cousteau, chief diver and later captain of the RV ''Calypso'' * Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón (1937–2020), Spanish noble * Charles M. Falco (born 1948), American experimental physicist * Domenico Falco (born 1985), Italian footballer * Edie Falco (born 1963), American actress * Filippo Falco (born 1992), Italian footballer * Hubert Falco (born 1947), French politician * Louis Falco (1942–1993), American dancer and choreographer * Luis Falcó (1949–2007), Argentine physician and politician * Manolo Falcó (born 1964), Spanish banker and 13th Marquess of Castel-Moncayo * Mathea Falco (born 1944), expert in drug abuse prevention and treatment * Mark Falco (born 1960), English former footballer * Randy Falco (born 1953), CEO of Univision Communications * Robert Falco (1882–1960), a French judge at the Nuremberg trials * David Berkowitz, serial killer, born Richard David Falco in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Didius Falco
Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. She is a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award. Life and career Davis was born in Birmingham and after taking a degree in English literature at Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall), she became a civil servant for 13 years. When a romantic novel she had written was runner up for the 1985 ''Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize'', she decided to become a writer, at first writing romantic serials for the UK women's magazine ''Woman's Realm''. Her dedication of the book '' Rebels and Traitors'' (2009) reads: "For Richard / dearest and closest of friends / your favourite book / in memory", and the author's website relates: "I am still getting used to life without my dear Richard. For those of you who haven't seen this before, he died in October 008" The author says in her publisher's newsletter: "The gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
